Charlette N’Guessan becomes first woman to win Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa prize

Charlette N’Guessan is the CEO and co-founder of BACE Group (Photo: Courtesy)

Charlette N’Guessan from Ivory Coast has been awarded the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. This was in recognition of a digital verification system which N’Guessan and her team developed. 

The system, known as BACE API, was developed by BACE Group, a Ghana-based software company, of which N’Guessan is the CEO and co-founder. The BACE API uses facial recognition and Artificial Intelligence to verify users’ identities. This could help radically transform cyber security on the African continent as well as reduce the incidences of cyber fraud.